Kitchen utensil



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KITCHEN UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED IULYIQ, |921.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921..

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PATENT OFFICE.

FRED G GRABER or- CANTON, 01110.

. KITCHEN UTENSIL.

To all fr0/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that'I, FRED G. GRABER, a citizen lof the UnitedvStatesfresiding at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Kitchen Utensil, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a kitchen utensil,

especially adapted for tendering meats and properly tender the meatpassed therec through, means being provided for preventing the meat frompassing downwardly around the lower roll as it is carried through' thedevice.

l/Vith these objects in view the invention consists in the constructionand arrange- Yment of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in theform and details of construction may be made within the scope of theappended claims. Y

The invention thus set forth in'generaly terms is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a meat tenderer embodying the invention, parts being brokenaway for the purpose of illustration;

Fig. 2, a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1'; and

' with the clamping screw 6 arranged to engage the under surface Lof thetable for clamping the device tightly upon a table edge. y

The lower roll 7, which is preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Patented oet.' 4, 1921'. 192i. semina-185,892. y' v spiked or serrated,as shown, -is provided withA a shaft 8 journaled in the bearings 9 and10 formed at the lower portions of the legs of the inverted U-portion 2,an operating handle 11 being provided thereon for rotating said roll.

The upper roll 12 is preferably of the same contour as the lower roll,the pyramidal spiked teeth thereof being arranged to mesh with the teeth0f the lower roll as best shown in Fig. 3. The shaft 13 of the upperroll eX- tends at each end into the vertical slots 14 provided in thelegs of the U-portion of the frame an inverted U-shapedV bar 15 beingprovided, the vertical legs 16 thereof being slidably mounted throughthe vertical apertures 17, which communicate with the slots 17, thelower ends of said legs engaging the end portions of the shaft 13.

Trays 18 and 19, preferably formed of sheet metal are attached toopposite sides of the frame in a plane beneath the intersection of theupper and lower rollers, each of these trays being provided with theoutturned flanges 20 having the open slots 21 therein for engagementwith the headed lugs 22 by means of which the trays are mounted c i ofthe lower roll allowing t-he teeth to pass therethrough as the roll isrotated ybut preventing theA meat passing through the device from beingcaught between the tray and the lower roll. i

In operation the meat to be tendered is placed upon one of the trays andthe operating handle 11 is turned in the proper direction to carry themeat between the rolls and on to vthe other tray. The operator operatesthe lever 21 with one hand and with the other hand grasps the horizontalbar 24 of the U-portion of the bar and the horizontal portion of theU-bar 15 in the other hand, forcing the "U-bar 15 downwardly placing theproper tension upon the upper roll 12, causing the meat -to be properlytendered as it passes between the rolls.

I claim Y Y1. A meat tenderer including an inverted U-shaped frame,means upon the lower end of one leg of said frame for clamping the sameto a table, a roll journaled in the lower portions of the legs of saidframe, said frame being provided with vertical lslots above the journalsof said roll, a second roll journaled in said Slots and an invertedU-shaped bar, the legs of which are slidably mounted Within the legsofthe frame and'engage the journals of the second named roll, the crossbar of said U-shaped bar being spaced above and parallel with the crossbar of the U-shaped frame in position to permit the operator t0 graspboth of said cross bars together in one hand to force the secondl namedroll toward the first named roll, and means for rotating the first namedroll.

2. A-meat tenderer, including an inverted i U-shaped frame, a rolljournaled 'in the lower portion thereof, said frame being provided Withvertical slots, a second roll journaled in said slots and an invertedU-shaped bar slidably mounted in the frame and engaging the journalportions ofthe second named roll, said U-shaped bar positioned to permitthe operator to grasp the same together With rthe U-shaped frame toforce the second

